Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Yuanping City

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Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Yuanping City (山西美锦钢铁有限公司, 美锦钢铁公司), also known as Meijin Steel Company, is a steel plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China:

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  • Location: Yuanping City, Shanxi Province
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.7393, 112.689086 (approximate)

Background

This is the new location in Yuanping city and the old was in Dongyu town. The company plans to build 2x3050m3 blast furnaces and 2x140t basic oxygen furnaces.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Workforce size
2021-05[2] 2680[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Meijin Energy Group Co Ltd [50.0%]; China New Energy Group Ltd [48.0%]; unknown [2.0%] 5000490664 [50.0%]; unknown [48.0%]; not applicable [2.0%] E100000123821 [50.0%]; E100001010236 [48.0%]; E100000132388 [2.0%] Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%][4] unknown E100000126886 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[5] rod, coil, wire rod[5] building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[6] 2022-04-08[6] 2022-04-08[6] unknown BF; BOF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 3090[3] 3090[3]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced 3518[3] 3518[3]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF 1200[3]

Unit Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1) announced[3] 2021-05[2] 2050.0 m3[3] 1759[3] unknown
unknown BF (2) announced[3] 2021-05[2] 2050.0 m3[3] 1759[3] unknown

Table 8: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) announced[3] 2021-05[3] 1545[3] 140.0 tonnes[5][7]
unknown BOF (2) announced[3] 2021-05[3] 1545[3] 140.0 tonnes[5][7]

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.yuanping.gov.cn/zwgk/zwxx/202105/t20210521_3635447.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318134042/https://www.sohu.com/a/468260969_120938565. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240806160305/http://cx.cnca.cn/CertECloud/result/skipResultList?certNumber=&orgName=%25E5%25B1%25B1%25E8%25A5%25BF%25E7%25BE%258E%25E9%2594%25A6%25E9%2592%25A2%25E9%2593%2581%25E6%259C%2589%25E9%2599%2590%25E5%2585%25AC%25E5%258F%25B8&fromIndex=true. Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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